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245 0 0 _aRodgers family papers,
_f1740-1987
_g(bulk 1804-1932).
300 _a14,850
_fitems.
300 _a74
_fcontainers plus
_a4
_foversize.
300 _a28.4
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, diaries, journals, accounts, notebooks, military records, financial papers, biographical and genealogical material, scrapbook, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to John Rodgers's naval service and to family affairs. Documents Rodgers's command of the naval squadron in the Mediteranean Sea during the Tripolitan War and again in 1826-1827, his command of the New York Naval Shipyard and of the flotilla enforcing the embargo along the East coast (1807-1810), and naval encounters during the War of 1812. Includes ship's papers from Rodgers's command of the frigate Constitution, ship-of-the-line North Carolina, and frigate President, as well as from Matthew C. Perry's command of the sloop-of-war Concord. Also includes an account of the sickness and death of William Kimble, a seaman on the President in 1813, who was said to have awakened from death twice during the course of his final illness.
520 8 _aLetters from Minerva Rodgers pertain primarily to family life on the Rodgers's estate, Sion Hill, Havre de Grace, Maryland, and in their Washington, D.C., homes. Subjects include the loss of her son Henry Rodgers with the sloop-of-war Albany in 1854 and sentiment in Washington, D.C., following President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Other family correspondents relate their experiences as a U.S. Army topographical engineer in New Mexico in the 1850s and during the Civil War, cattle ranchers in Wyoming in the 1880s, a member of the consular service in Germany in the 1890s, and in ports around the world as a naval officer in the 20th century. Also includes a diary of Nannie Macomb chronicling Washington, D.C., social life (1883-1888).
520 8 _aCorrespondents from the related Macomb, Meigs, and Rodgers families include Ella Chelle McKeldon Macomb, John N. Macomb, Charles D. Meigs, Mary M. Meigs, Montgomery Meigs (1847-1931), Montgomery C. Meigs, Minerva Macomb Peters, Thomas Willing Peters, John Rodgers (1812-1882), Louisa Rodgers Meigs, and Mary Montgomery Meigs Taylor. Other correspondents include William Bainbridge, Samuel Barron, Stephen Decatur, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Isaac Hull, Tobias Lear, Douglas MacArthur, Matthew Calbraith Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, Anne M. Pinkney, David Porter, Samuel L. Southard, Robert Traill Spence, Benjamin Stoddert, John Trippe, and Daniel Webster.
544 _3Most photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aMembers of the Rodgers (Rogers) family represented in the collection include John Rodgers and his wife Minerva Denison Rodgers; their daughter Nannie (Ann Minerva Rodgers Macomb); their granddaughters, Christina and Nannie Macomb; and their great-grandson, Alexander Macomb.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026
600 1 0 _aBainbridge, William,
_d1774-1833
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBarron, Samuel,
_d-1810
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDecatur, Stephen,
_d1779-1820
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHolmes, Oliver Wendell,
_d1841-1935
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHull, Isaac,
_d1773-1843
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKimble, William,
_dactive 1813.
600 1 0 _aLear, Tobias,
_d1762-1816
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_xAssassination.
600 1 0 _aMacomb, Ella Chelle McKeldon
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMacomb, J. N.
_q(John N.),
_d1810 or 1811-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMacArthur, Douglas,
_d1880-1964
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeigs, Charles D.
_q(Charles Delucena),
_d1792-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeigs, Mary M.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeigs, Montgomery,
_d1847-1931
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeigs, Montgomery C.
_q(Montgomery Cunningham),
_d1816-1892
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPerry, Matthew Calbraith,
_d1794-1858
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPerry, Oliver Hazard,
_d1785-1819
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeters, Minerva Macomb
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeters, Thomas Willing
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPinkney, Anne M.
_q(Anne Maria)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPorter, David,
_d1780-1843
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRodgers, Henry,
_d-1854.
600 1 0 _aRodgers, John,
_d1812-1882
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeigs, Louisa Rodgers
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSouthard, Samuel L.
_q(Samuel Lewis),
_d1787-1842
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSpence, Robert Traill,
_d1785?-1826
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStoddert, Benjamin,
_d1751-1813
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTaylor, Mary Montgomery Meigs,
_d1843-1885
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTrippe, John,
_d1785-1810
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWebster, Daniel,
_d1782-1852
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aMeigs family
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aRogers family.
600 3 0 _aRogers family
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xOfficers.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
_bMediterranean Squadron.
610 2 0 _aAlbany (Sloop of war)
610 2 0 _aConcord (Sloop of war)
610 2 0 _aConstitution (Frigate)
610 2 0 _aNew York Naval Shipyard.
610 2 0 _aNorth Carolina (Ship of the line)
610 2 0 _aPresident (Frigate)
650 0 _aEmbargo, 1807-1809.
650 0 _aNavy-yards and naval stations
_zNew York (State)
650 0 _aMilitary topography
_zNew Mexico.
650 0 _aRanches
_zWyoming.
651 0 _aHavre de Grace (Md.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aSion Hill (Md. : Estate)
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zGermany.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yTripolitan War, 1801-1805.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yWar of 1812.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xSocial life and customs.
600 3 4 _aMacomb family
_vCorrespondence.
700 1 _aMacomb, Alexander,
_d1888-1970.
_tAlexander Macomb papers.
700 1 _aMacomb, Ann Minerva Rodgers,
_d1824-1916.
_tAnn Minerva Rodgers Macomb papers.
700 1 _aMacomb, Christina,
_d1861-1945.
_tChristina Macomb papers.
700 1 _aMacomb, Nannie,
_d1864-1952.
_tNannie Macomb papers.
700 1 _aRodgers, John,
_d1773-1838.
_tJohn Rodgers papers.
700 1 _aRodgers, Minerva Denison,
_d1784-1877.
_tMinerva Denison Rodgers papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026.3
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_d39261